“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” – 1 Corinthians 3:6 The story of Yun Xia’s conversion reminds us that indeed it is God who brings about spiritual growth. Yun Xia is a fresh graduate from East Asia who has a deep desire to learn new things, and that is what brought […]
The weekend edition of our local papers often carries interesting articles. One regular column provides advice on money matters, and usually features a successful individual dispensing know-how on managing one’s assets. One article that caught my attention a few weeks ago featured a young entrepreneur who stated that her goal was to retire by the […]
The eighth day after Christmas, 1 Jan, was formerly observed as The Circumcision of Jesus with its focus on the ceremonial rite in Judaism.1 Recorded in Luke 2:21, this observance is celebrated under various names such as the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus in the Episcopal calendar; as the Name of Jesus in the […]
At the beginning of the 19th century, the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley declared that obedience is the “bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, “for it makes slaves of men, and of the human frame a mechanised automation.” A child of the European Enlightenment, Shelley waxed eloquent in echoing the disdain of many of […]
On 10 and 11 Nov 2017, Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) met at Tamil Methodist Church (TMC) on Short Street for its 42nd Session – an annual gathering of clergy and lay representatives of its various churches, to recount and evaluate initiatives and their own ministries in the current year, and to plan for the […]
The Rev Dr Gregory Goh Nai Lat (above, chairing the session) began his inaugural President’s Report by thanking the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), gathered at its 42nd Session at Foochow Methodist Church from 13-16 Nov 2017, for its support and encouragement in his first year of adjusting to his new role as CAC President. He […]
Presenting his fifth President’s Address at the 42nd Session of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) that took place at Wesley Methodist Church (Wesley MC) from 20 to 23 Nov 2017, the Rev Dr Gordon Wong highlighted four major challenges that loomed over the ministries of TRAC churches under The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). However, he […]
Long-awaited maintenance works on the Methodist Centre began with the Renovation and Restoration (R&R) project in November 2017, and are slated for completion in July 2018. On 17 Nov 2017, representatives from the steering, working, and project committees, main contractor and other key personnel came together for an opening prayer to kick-start the R&R project. Mr Lye Kuan Lay, the project […]
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the Lord […]
The Rev Dr Gregory Goh Nai Lat, President of the Chinese Annual Conference The New Year always brings us joy because it gives us a chance to start again, and this brings hope into our lives. It is my prayer that we will all continue to grow in our walk with Christ in the new year […]
